I feel like Malik never got the respect he deserved on the mic.
When Illadelph dropped, Thought was my favorite MC period, and Malik went toe to toe with him better than anyone could. Dare I say, even better than Big Boi did with 3000?
Always loved what he brought to The Roots and a key reason for me why Game Theory is right there with IH and TFA because with him in the group, even as just a guest role it just seemed more complete.
No Great Pretender and The Spark were always two of my favorites.
He will definitely be missed and I hope the fellas have a few verses in the vaults that they can maybe use to recreate what I felt could’ve been one of the best duo of MCs of all time.